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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24
X ASPARAGUS.

About twenty-five years ago a New Jcr-
sey farmer, living within a stones throw
Of tue passenger station at MiddletowD,
Monmouth county, when walking in the
rear Of his garden, was attracted by a very
large spear Of asparagus which had sprung
up under the garden fence. How it got
there was always a mystery. Mr.. Conoyer
had nothing Of the kind on his farm, neith-
er had any of his neighbors. There might
have been some small asparagus in the
neighborhood, but nothing like this. The
spear was three or four times larger than
the largest spear that Mr.. Conoyer had
ever seen. The seed may have been, and
probably was, dropped there by a bird,
but whence did it come? There has never
been anything like it since, save that
which has been produced from it. Mr..
Conoyer was an enterprising man, and he
did not cut down that spear of asparagus
and carry it around the country to show
his neighbors how big he could grow as
paTagus, but he developed it and LET it 90
TO seed. Carefully gathering the seed, he
planted it the following year, and in a few
years Mr.. Conoyer astonished the whole
country by producing asparagus that was
three or four times larger than any other
asparagus ever produced in this country.
When he named his new production Con-
overs Colossal, no one disputed his right
to so name it. From that single shoot a
family Of asparagus is now growing that
has spread all over the country, from ocean
to ocean. There is scarcely a State in
the Union in which there may not be found
some beds of asparagus which had their
origin in that single stalk which Mr.. Con-
over discovered growing behind his garden
fence.-N. 7. Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24
THE INTELLIGENT APE.
He is Manlike in Many of His AcTions
and is N~ObodX,s Fool

The ape is unquestionably the most in
telligent and the most manlike of the
lower animals, physically and mentally
and morally. He may be far away from
the superior races of men in intellect. but
the difference between him and the lower
races is much less marked. The black
chimpanzees ofAfrlca nave feasts like those
of the negroes, says a correspondent. They
live in communities, fight in concert, and
care for their wounded. They are very
clever in the use of their hands and arms,
throwing stones better than boys. Buttons
black chimpanzee knew how TO unlock a
door, and if he did not find the key in the
lock would hunt for it. This monkey took
its meals like a well-bred person, ate with
a spoon aud fork, used a plate, and served
itself with wine. In one other letters from
the Malay Peninsula Miss Bird describes a
dinner to which she was invited, and at
which her companions were two apes.
eThe apes Lad their curry, chutney,
pineapple, egg aud bananas on porcelain,
and so had l." writes the enterprising lady
who speaks of another ape, which was an
important member of the family
of the British resident at Klang, as
walking on its hind legs and going along
quietly by her side like a human escort.
1t has not even a rudimentary tail, and
when it sat with its arms folded it looked
like a gentlemanly person in a close fitting
suit"
The worst defect of monkeys is that
they are inveterate thi ewes. They look
upon stealing as fun, and therefore will
pilfer ever when they have no desire for
what they take. Mime. Rover tells us that
they are capable Of sacking a house and
carrying off everything movable in it with
the system and concert of a band of rob-
bers. They observe 4 kind Of discipline in
their operations, and post their scouts to
inform them in season when it is time TO
run away The monkeys in Samatra, ac-
cording to Cesare Moreno, steal fruit and
Vegetables from garden, aud will plumber
houses. Forming a line, in order to pass
their spoils from hand to hand, they scale
the walls, enter at the doors and windows,
and leisurely pillage all they can find. They
are also very greedy, and will set tipsy
when they get the chance, and a drunken
ape seems more like a man than ever.''
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24

THE WOMEN WHO WORK.

As for the brave maidens, | love the
working woman-those who go ont into
life and pick their own apples, not those
who sit in the parlor and wait to be fed ca
the cooks sweetened apple sauce. III had
forty girls, and each were heiress to a
fortune, I'd give them all something TO do
in life. And | wouldn't crowd them all in
to the Overlooking ranks OF teachers and
professionals, either. CIerkships and
cashier 1esks and shorthand tables need
recruits from ont the ranks of our best
giris-and there is many a woman to-day
casting up %ccounts or lingering a type
writer who has made more of herself and
will reap a richer harvest by and by than
if she had cast herself into the rut worn
deep by those who think a classical eduea-
ton and a teachers life the highest aud
only respectable work for women.
The girl who sits at home and allows an
overworked father to support her. eom-
pared to the brave girl who goes out into
the world and fights her W battle, is like
the 'Iolanthe'' made Of butter compared
to the same figure carved in deathles stone.
Her character, capacities and all those pos
sibilities which lay ready to make her life
Of durable worth and lasting usefulness
will melt into nothingness as time goes by,
yielding neither profit nor pleasure to her
self or others, instead of facing the years
like marble, uneorroded and uucrumblipr.
Timber = IN Chicago Journal.
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MIR. BEEcHEs on sTTMULaNrs.

The use Of stimulants in youth is an
other detraction from happiness in old age.
Men usually take what they least need. In
other words. we follow Q strongest faeu-
tiles, and not our weaker ones; and there
fore if men are excessively nervous, they
almost invariably seek to make themselves
more SO.
l rejoice to say that l was brought up
from my youth to abstain from tobacco.
II is unhealthy; it is filthy; ii is filthy from
beginning 10 the end. In rare cases.
where there is already some unhealthy or
morbid tendency in the system, it is posi-
bic that it may be used with some benefit;
but ordinarily it is unhealthy. / be-
lieve that the day will come when a young
man will be proud Of not being addicted to
the use of stimulants Of any kind. Ibelieye
that the day will come when not to drink,
not to use tobacco, not to waste ones
strength in the secret indulgence of passion,
but to be true TO ones nature, true to
God law, to be sound, robust, cheerful,
and to be conscious that these elements of
health and strength are derived from the
reverentobedience to the commandments of
God will be a matter of ambition and en-
deagor among men.-From Henry Ward
Beecher's last art5elo in tie Brooklyn lMaga
zine.
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RESTING AFTER MEALS.

A friend of the writer's, who has suffer
ed from dyspepsia during almost her entire
life, considers the suggestion in the follow
ing extracts from an article in a recent is
sue Of Tie Journal Of Health to be the most
in accord with her own experience Of any
thing on the subject lately published:
Hurried eating of meals, followed i'm
mediately by some employment that oc-
cupics the whole attention and takes up
all, or nearly all, of the physical energies,
is sure to result in dyspepsia of one form
or another. Sometimes it shows itself in
excessive irritability, a sure Indication that
nerve force has been exhausted; the
double draught in order to digest the food
ture could stand without being thrown. out
of balance. In another case, the person is
exceedingly dull as soon as he has q few
minutes of leisure. The mind seems a dead
blank, and can only move in its acccstom-
ed channels, and then only when compell-
ed. This, also, is an Indication of nervous
exhaustion. Others will have decided
pains in the stomach, or a sense of weight,
as if heavy burden was inside. Others,
again, will be able to eat nothing that will
agree with them; everything that is put
inside the stomach is made the subject of
q violent protest on the part OF that organ,
and the person suffers untold agonies in
consequence. Others suffer from constant
hunger. They may eat all they can, and
feel hungry still. IF they feel satisfied for
a little time, the least unusual exertion
brings on the hungry feeling, and they can
do no more until something is eaten. 1t is
almost needless to say that this condition
is not hunger, but inflammation of the
stomach. Scarcely any two persons are
affected exactly the same way. the dis
ordered condition manifcsting itself ae-
cording to temperament and occupation,
~employments that call for mental work,
and those whose scene OF action lies in
doors, affecting persons more seriously
than those which are merely mechanical
and do not engage the mind.
All, or nearly all, of these difficulties Of
digestion might have never been known by
the sufferers had they left their business
behind them, and rested a short time after
eating, instead of rushing of to work i'm
mediately after hastily swallowing their
food.
Nature does not do two things at a time
and do both we'll as a rule. All know that
when a force is divided it is weakened. If
the meal were eaten slowly, without pre-
occupation OF the mind, the stomach al
lowed at least half an hours chance to get
its work we'll undertaken before the ner-
vous force is turned in another direction,
patients suffering from dyspepsia would be
few.
One physician onee said: 'It does not
so much matter what we eat but how we
eat it," While this is only partly true, it
certainly is true that the most healthful
food hurriedly eaten, and Immediately fol-
lowed by work which engages the entire
available physical and mental forces, is
much worse than a meal Of poor food eaten
leisurcly and followed by an interval of
posf
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24
HOW TO LIVE a CENTURY.

Prof. Humphry, of Cambridge, has pre-
pared a series of tables which contain some
interesting information about centenarians
Of fifty-two persons whom he mentions, at
least eleven-two males and nine females
actually attained the age Of 100. Others
attained very nearly to the hundred years.
Only one of the persons reached los years,
while one died at the alleged age of JOG.
OF the ffty-two persons, t~hirty-six were
women and sixteen men. Prof. Humphry
tells us that the comparative immunity of
women from the exposures and risks to
which men are subjected, and the greater
temperance in eating and drinking exhibit
ted by women, are the chief points in de-
termining their higher chances of longev-
ity. Out of the thirty-six women twenty
six who had been married, and eleven had
borne large families. OF the twenty-six
who had been wives eight had been mar
ried before they were 90, one at 1G, and
two at II.
Twelve of the fifty-two eentenarians
were discovered to have been the eldest
children Of their parents. This fact, adds
DR.. Humphrey, does not agree with popu-
lar notions that first children inherit a
feebleness of constitution, nor with the
opinion Of racing stables, which is de-
cidedly against the idea that ''frstlings'
are to be depended on for good perform
ances on the course. The c~entenarians
generally regarded were of spare build.
Govt and rheumatism were, as a rule,
absent. at seems, " says Prof. Humphry,
that the frame which is destined to great
age needs no such prophylactics, and en-
genders mono Of the peccant humors Tor
which the ingerjoints Gas in gout) may
find a vent.
OF the fifty-two aged people, twenty-four
only had no teeth, the average number OF
teeth remaining being -four or five. Long
hours of sleep We're notable among these
old people, the period of repose averaging
nine hours, while out-of-door exercise in
plenty and carly rising are to be noted
among the factors of a prolonged life.
Twelve had been total abstainers for life,
or nearly so, and mostly all were "small
meat eaters. So. james Gazette.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24
PREPARATION OF FIR PILLOWS.

Now that pillows made of the spills
or foliage of the balsam fir tree (n6ies bal
samca), are consideredno only fashionable,
but highly beneficial in the treatment OF
many ailments, such as insomnia, nervous
ness, headache, c~atarrl. and lung diseases,
etc., it may be well to know how best to
prepare the green spills. The balsam fir or
balm-of-gilead fir, from which is obtained
the Canada balsam, should not be con-
founded with other species of the coniferse
made, as the rcsinous perfume of the differ
ent spruce trees is almost as deliciously
fragrant, if not so lasting, or of SO much
value, incidentally, as that of the balm fir.
difference, as to foliage, between the balm
fir and the other spruce trees; the leaves of
the former are in two rows on either side
of the branchlet; those of the latter are
scattered irregularly, around the stems.
The spills may be collected at any season.
In midsummer, at ultra-fashionable Bar
Harbor, and other Maine resorts, the mod
crn belle, with an armful of fir branches,
is no unusual sight, while the ~fastidious
bean may be seen, on q rainy, or foggy
afternoon, on the hotel, or cottage piazza,
smudging his delicate fingers with turpen-
tine, as he helps some fair lady to pull"
fir balsam-'pulling parties they are
called way down in Maine. Again, in
the autumn or winter, the. ina
tive" lad and lassie may be seen
~'lugging" home an evenings pull
ing of balm twigs, which, when nicely
dried, will be sent to the city shops, or
sold ncxt summer to the ''rusticator."
The spills, and the entire tender green
shoots at the ends of the twigs are pluckcd
while fresh and crisp, from the stems; if
they arc allowed to dry on the branches
much of their delicious fragrace is lost.
They are spread to dry in a perfectly dry
place. Care must be taken that no moist
ure collects on the balsam, as it would
ruin the delicate perfume When the
spills arc thoroughly dried, they are ready
for the pillow, which should be made OF
thin, stout material. The outside slip may
be plain, or ornamented, according to in
dividual taste. Pongee, silk, linen.
madras cloth, OF any of the pretty stuffs
now obtainable may be used. A suitable
decoration for a fir pillow is an emblematic
motto, as: 'Thy breath, sweet balm, hath
power to soothe the feycred brow, 81
breathe the sweet perfume of the pines"
''The fragrance of the woods bring"
etc.
These notices may be embroidered in
any suitable stitch. A very effective de-
sign for a pillow, is a branch of fir with
several cones done in a dark green and
brown chenille, on a lighter green or brown
ground.-G00d Housekeeping.
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WHERE nowELLs cor HIS GENIUS.

Howell's genius came to him. perhaps,
from his Quaker grandmother. His moth
er, Mary Dean, was a woman Of many viz
tues, but it cannot be said that her inclina-
ton was very marked in the direction of
letters. The father. now eighty years old,
was until quite recently United States Con-
sui at Quebec, lie lives in Jefferson,
where his son, ]. A. Howells, still owna
and edits the Sentinel. Anne Howeils, the
younger daughter, married Freehette, the
Canadian poet. She, too, is a writer of
verses and descriptive articles, but her tall
ent is not Of as high an order as that Of her
distinguished brother. The novelist is a
Howells rather than a Dean. His fathers
stoop is perpetuated in him, while he in
herits his mothers Pennsylvania German
thrift and business capacity. C7eeelaad
Letter IN AHqgstg CAronicle.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24
AN INCUBATOR's OFFSPRING.

| am a lone, unfathcred chick,
OF artificial Matching;
A pilgrim in a desert wild,
BY happier mothered chicks reviled,
From all relationships eXiled,
TO do my own lone catching.
Fair science smiled upon my birth
One raw and gusty morning,
And now h sounds of barnyard mirth
70 lonely me have little worth:
am alone in all the earth
An orphan without borning.
Seek 1 my mother? l would find
"A heartless ~personator;
A thing brass hided, man designed,
With steampipe arteries interlnined
And pulscless cotton batting lined
a patent incubator.
1t wearies N to think, you see
Death would be better, rather
Should children e'er be born to me,
by fate's most pitilcss decree
My little ones, alas, would be
it'll never II grandfather.
And when TO earth | bid alden,
To seek q greater,
/ will not do as others do,
Who go to join the ancestral crew,
For L will just be gathered to
My incubator. -Br0ohiy1 EdgIt
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24

Never allow yourself to become dis
eouraged even though the night seems
dark. Hundreds of men died in the
prisons Of the Soath during the wal be-
cause they became discouraged. When
the night seems dark always remember
that the darkest time is just before day
ana take on new courage. Ia this way
only can victory over the drink evil be Sc
enred. Cheer up, brother = Leccr.
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lie. We snow You

what a saving | have made during The last
year by being my own doctor. Last year
| paid ont S56.25 for doctors and then
medicine; this year ! paid $500 for six bot
ties of Sulphur Bittcrs, aud they have
kept health in my whole family. They
are the best and purest medicine ever
made.-ChaYies Hing. 90 Temple Street,
Besfap. Efrss. June2A-2t
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24
EEFE'S MISSION.


Life is wasted if we spend il
Idly dreaming how TO die:
Study how TO use, not endit:
Work to finish, not to 1iy.
Cody living best preparing
For Il life with God above:
Work! and Danish anxious caringi
Death nc'er IN TO active love.
Death is but in opening portal
ont of life TO life on high:
Man is vital, more Than mortal,
Meant to live, not doomed to die.
Praise for present mercics giving,
With good works your age cndow;
Death defy by Chrfstlike living,
Heaven attain by service now.
-NelO ma Udt}.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24

PRUDENCE dictates that great care should
be taken in the selection of IL sewing machine.
We the Davis Nertical-Fecd. This
machine is a gem, which, once obtained, VIII
never be exchanged. Ii is the favorltc Tor The
flmily. and the possessor of one is always
glad to recommend it. 1t is the only machine
ON which all kinds OF sewing can be done with
out basting.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24

Sheer not at old clothes. They are often
made holy by long sacrifices, by careful
foldings away, that they may last until
the dear ones are provided for. Il many
an old coat could speak, what tales it
would tell Of the noble heart beating nm
derneathi
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24

| learned that it is better a thousand
times for a proud man to be humble, than
to hold mp his head in his pride and fancied
innocence. | learned that he who will be
a hero will barely be a man, and he that
will be nothing but a doer Of his work is
ure Of his manhood .-Hc Donald.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24

Southy says in one of his letters, 81
have told You Of the Spaniard who always
puts ON his spectacles when about To eat
cherries, that they might look bigger and
more tempting, In like manner ! make
the most Of my cnjoyments, and pack away
my troubles in as small a place as | can.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24
PIANOS N

FUlIIE Estcy piano is as thoroughly reliable in
4 every particular as the Estey organ; is
made by tile same company, and guaranteed
by them 10 give Just rs good satisfaction rs
their organ, which has n worldwide reputa-
lion MS the best organ made.
Prices Vcry low for cash, or on easy monthly
pavmentS. GEORGE DARE,
Agent for salem county,
Anri-ly Grant street, Salem, Nj.
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EstHEVfsHUCF
That we can, i'll connection with the MONITOR,
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Ladies' and Misses fine kid slippers,
neat fitting and dressy-Ncw Store under
the Opera House. y
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-06-24

Nothing is simpler than to make a great
noise, but noise never hurt any o yet
except invalids of weak nerves. The noisy
people are the most numerous before they
are counted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-05-05
The Correct Time.

There are very few men who do not
pride themselves on always having the
correct time; aud wonderful and delicate
mechanisms are devised to enable them to
do so. But the more delicate a chronom-
eter is made, the more subject it becomes
to arrangement, and unless it is ALWAYS
kept perfectly clean, it soon loses its use
fulneSS. What wonder, then, that the
human machine-so much more delicate
and intricate than any work of man
should require to be kept thoroughly
cleansed. The liver is the main
spring of this complex structure,
and on the impurities left in
the blood by a disordered liver, depend
most of the ills that flesh is heir to. Even
consumption (which is lung scrofulal. is
traceable to the imperfect action of this
organ. Kidney diseases, skin diseases.
sick headache, heart disease, dropsy, and
long catalogue OF grave maladies have
their origin in a torpid, or sluggish liver.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. bv
establishing healthy, normal action of the
liver, acts as a cure and preventive of these
diseases.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-05-05
BRIDG EPORT.

At the meeting of Council held on Tues
day evening Mcssrs. Crawford, KOehnline
and Handec were appointed u committee
to arrange for the purchase of a site for the
new City Hall.
The L. X. X. of y. drilled on the streets
on Tuesday evening. They make fine
appearance.
Bowie Bros. are the pioneers in the soda
water business this year.
Joseph NJ. Baggs smiles over the arrival
of a fine boy baby.
A band Of pretty tough looking gypsies
passed through the city yesterday.
X. G.. Clark is the guest of his brother,
A. A. Clark, of st. Clairsville.
Mr.. Mcconnell, Of Flushing was in the
city yesterday.
Miss Emma Mitchell left yesterday 10
spend month with friends in Pennsyl-
vania.
Mrs w. G. Deems has returned to her
home in Toronto after short visit with
friends in this city.